Considered one of the city's first woman cab drivers, 40-year-old Bharati Veerath wasfound dead at her residence here, police said today.
Bharati, who worked for cab aggregator Uber and hailed from Warangal in neighbouring Telangana, was found hanging in her residence in Nagashettyhalli yesterday, police said.
The incident came to light when neighbours got suspicious onseeing her cab parked unattended, they added.
Police said they were investigating the cause of her death.
Officials said they are waiting for the postmortem report.
Uber said in a statement: "We are shocked and saddenedto learn of the tragic death of Bharathi Veerath. Bharathi was a positive person and one of our top women driver partners. She was an inspiration to many driver partners and riders. Ourthoughts are with her family.
